Senior Project Leader, Life Sciences Programs

lucid-group; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Vor Ort; USD 120.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Lucid Group is seeking an Associate Director, Project Management to join our US team. You will oversee day-to-day planning and delivery across multiple workstreams, coordinating with account, strategy, creative, medical, regulatory, production and finance teams to keep work moving.

You will own project plans, timelines and budgets, identify risks early, and mentor a team of Project Managers to elevate practices across the portfolio.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, Project Management or a related field.
• 7-10 years of project management experience within a healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotech, medical communications, advertising or creative agency environment.
• Experience supporting commercial communications for pharmaceutical or biotech brands.
• Strong working knowledge of Medical/Legal/Regulatory review processes and the regulatory considerations associated with US promotional communications.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, integrated projects across multiple functions, channels and stakeholders.
• Proven experience with project financials, including estimates, scopes of work, budgets, forecasting, burn tracking and reconciliation.
• Experience leading, mentoring or developing project management talent.
• Strong understanding of agency workflow, resource planning and cross-functional team operations.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation and problem solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, influence without direct authority and confidently escalation risks when needed.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Smartsheet, Workfront, Asana or comparable platforms, in addition to Microsoft Office.

Aufgaben

• Lead the planning and delivery of multiple, complex projects and integrated workstreams across life sciences accounts, translating client objectives and strategic direction into clear, achievable project plans.
• Own integrated timelines, milestones, dependencies, approval pathways, risk plans and delivery standards across the full project lifecycle.
• Establish the appropriate operating rhythm for each project, including kickoffs, internal reviews, status meetings, client updates and post-project assessments.
• Ensure teams understand priorities, accountabilities, decision points and next steps, and act as a senior escalation point for project risks, workflow challenges and competing priorities.
• Lead project planning for materials requiring Medical/Legal/Regulatory review, ensuring review requirements, submission dates and approval milestones are reflected accurately in project plans.
• Coordinate effectively with medical, legal, regulatory and client stakeholders, identifying potential compliance, claims, fair balance, labeling or approval risks early and engaging the appropriate subject-matter experts.
• Maintain a working knowledge of FDA promotional requirements and the expectations associated with pharmaceutical and biotech brand communications.
• Partner with account leadership to develop scopes of work, estimates, timelines and resource plans that accurately reflect project requirements.
• Monitor budgets, burn, hours, forecasts and project profitability; track scope changes and support change orders, revised estimates, forecasting, reconciliation, invoicing and financial reporting.
• Partner with department leads and Resource Management to anticipate staffing needs, resolve resource constraints and support appropriate team utilization across internal and external resources.
• Provide guidance, coaching and mentorship to Project Managers and Senior Project Managers, and support the development of project management best practices, tools, templates and training.
• Build trusted client relationships and serve as a confident partner on project planning, delivery, budgets, timelines and risk management.
• Represent project management in client meetings and planning discussions, support new business through operational planning and resource modeling, and contribute to broader agency initiatives that improve how Lucid plans and delivers its work.

Kenntnisse

Excellent communication

Facilitation

Negotiation

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, Project Management or related field

Tools

Smartsheet

Workfront

Asana

Microsoft Office

Jobbeschreibung

Lucid Group is seeking an Associate Director, Project Management to join our US team. You will oversee day-to-day planning and delivery across multiple workstreams, coordinating with account, strategy, creative, medical, regulatory, production and finance teams to keep work moving.

You will own project plans, timelines and budgets, identify risks early, and mentor a team of Project Managers to elevate practices across the portfolio.